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@Drmrboss I can't believe that, because cheaters ARE detected and banned, but I don't know the process that goes into it. Is it a very scientific one? Or is it more of an educated guess? is there a way to screen my opponents for cheaters so I don't have to play non genuine users? Or is it really hard to tell?

Btw, @YouGetNoRest is long, you can just call me YGNR for short.
Back in 2018 I met two cheaters total (in like my whole time playing here I think). I've only met 1 this year.

I reported both in 2018, and one of them got banned within two weeks. It's possible to play a near perfect game (I have one from against the stockfish 5 bot, but I had a average centipawn loss of 6.

I'm pretty sure lichess bans at least some hackers, but I'm not sure about what percentage get banned.

Edit:
I've also memorized most of the beginning opening of the common openers, so if someone follows up with the correct moves in the opening of what I've memorized (like 3 people a month do it), then I get suspicious.
@Chesslegendmaster I don't think that centipawn loss is likely to be a criteria because some games like fools mate it would be easy to get 100% or if you were against someone who hung pieces every move same deal. There are probably types of positions that are easy to play vs positions that are hard to play.

Also, I had a game earlier where my average centipawn loss was 4 so it might not even be that rare depending on how your opponents play.
OP: Didn't notice but I recently played against an obvious cheater and lichess has yet to ban him so yes it does get frustrating.

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